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Normally, the winning team pops open the bubbly. But the B.C. Lions went a step further, accidentally breaking the Grey Cup after beating the Montreal Alouettes 25-14 on Sunday.
 
BREAKING NEWS
MPI to issue rebate
For the second year in a row, Manitoba motorists will be getting a rebate cheque in the mail from the provincial auto insurer. <Full Story>



12 surgeons, 10 patients: Johns Hopkins pulls off 5-way kidney transplant
BALTIMORE (AP) — It took 12 surgeons, six operating rooms and five donors to pull it off, but five desperate strangers simultaneously received new organs in what hospital officials Monday described as the first-ever quintuple kidney transplant. <Full Story>



Soft ice on river hampers search for missing man
The mild weather is hampering a police search of the Red River for a Winnipeg man who is believed to have drowned while ice fishing a week ago. <Full Story>



Money rained down in St. James after bank robbery
One hundred dollar bills rained down in St. James Monday morning after a bank robbery. Winnipeg police responded to a call of money blowing on Collegiate Street near Ness Avenue, just after 10 a.m., after a robbery at the Royal Bank branch a block away at 1863 Portage Avenue. <Full Story>



6 investigated in Germany over alleged plot to blow up Israeli airliner
By Geir Moulson BERLIN (AP) — Six people are under investigation in Germany in an alleged plot to blow up an Israeli airliner by bribing an airport worker to smuggle a bag packed with explosives on board the craft, officials said Monday. <Full Story>



CFIA issues salmonella warning for cantaloupes in Western Canada, North
OTTAWA (CP) — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people across western and northern Canada not to eat certain brands of cantaloupes because they may be contaminated with salmonella. <Full Story>



Explosion rocks passenger train in eastern India; 6 killed, 53 injured
CALCUTTA, India (AP) - A bomb explosion ripped through two cars of a passenger train Monday in eastern India, killing at least six people and wounding 53 others, officials said. <Full Story>



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LOCAL
Cold toes, warm hearts
TOES were cold but hearts were warm as football fans from across Canada came together Sunday night at Winnipeg's Canad Inns stadium to cheer the roaring B.C. Lions to victory. <Full Story>



CANADA
Be more conservative: report
OTTAWA -- If Preston Manning and Mike Harris had their way, the Harper Conservatives would be more conservative. <Full Story>


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Local News
MLA Denis Rocan feels betrayed by Tory party

Brothers armed and dangerous, police say
Appeal of hockey ruling to be heard next year

Canada
Boil-water advisory could last several more days in B.C. Lower Mainland

World News
Quebecer pleads guilty to lesser charge of laundering $20,000 in New York

Business
Nuclear division of SNC-Lavalin aiming to help build Ontario power plants

Sports
Williams sisters' father testifies in breach-of-contract case

Entertainment
Penguin power: 'Happy Feet' edges out Bond prequel to top box office

NEWS TRACKS
Afghanistan

Avian Flu

Crocus Investment Fund

Health Care

Flooding

Hell's Angels
Manitoba Moose
World Cup
WORLD
Football fans pull all-nighter in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR -- For Sgt. Keith Thomson of Duncan, B.C., there was no question of his missing his beloved Lions playing the Alouettes in the Grey Cup. <Full Story>
SPORTS
Break open bubbly
THE B.C. Lions broke records. They smashed individual marks. And when their dominant 2006 season was being capped, they ended it rather fittingly:
They broke the Grey Cup. <Full Story>

LIFE
Military offers boot camp for lovebirds
OTTAWA -- Having trained its soldiers in the art of war, the Canadian military now wants them to learn the art of love. <Full Story>
 
BUSINESS
MTS Allstream comes together
MTS Allstream's call-centre workers -- all 650 of them -- will soon have a new place to call home. <Full Story>
OPINION
Grey Cup points way
THREE related stories converged on the weekend to paint an important picture about Winnipeg's tourism potential. <Full Story>
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TODAY'S COLUMNS
Doug Speirs
Wake me up for the kickoff
Colleen Simard
Microcredit could lift aboriginals out of poverty
Shamona Harnett
Have a lively Christmas and a healthy new year

FEATURE SECTIONS
Travel
Asessippi aims for record winter
Ski area offers new lift, more trails, expanded lodge
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The Tab
Down, Set, Party!
There's more to Grey Cup weekend than football, sports fans
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AutoShowcase
Small never felt so big
Kia's Rondo is a do-everything kind of vehicle
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Detour
Beating the big chill
Bundle up for the Cup... and don't forget to put fresh batteries in your socks!
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Sunday Homes
Hip to be square
Show home has the right angle to stand out from the crowd
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Food
GREY CUP FOOD: Down...set...eat!
Run past the chips and pretzels and score a Grey Cup touchdown by running a few new recipe plays
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